After years of sharp growth in participation during the roll-out of auto enrolment, workplace pension growth has stalled, according to new data from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Succession Wealth has appointed Daniel Jones as head of mergers and acquisitions.

The Financial Conduct Authority has released plans to split its fee-blocks for principal firms.

The Information Commissioner’s Office, the data regulator, has warned the UK’s top websites to reform their ‘cookie’ policies.

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Lawnmower repair man Ian Davis was one of the victims of the £237m London Capital & Finance (LCF) mini-bond collapse scandal.

Pensions could become more like a bank account into which different employers have to pay, under a shake-up expected in the Autumn Statement.

Wealth management and Financial Planning firm Evelyn Partners has appointed former RBC Brewin Dolphin senior portfolio manager Matthew Wells as a partner at its Leeds investment management team.

Average annuity rates climbed to 7.25% for a 65-year-old in September, up from 7.11% in June, according to the Standard Life Annuity Rate Tracker.

XPS Pensions Group has completed the £42.5m sale of XPS Pensions (Nexus) Limited, principal employer and scheme funder of the National Pensions Trust (NPT), to SEI.

Inheritance tax receipts hit £4.6bn from April to October, new government figures published this morning have revealed.